https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6 By Peter, Dan, and Abhinav en-us 2018-02-07 15:36:52 UTC 2018-02-07 22:26:26 UTC hello@padlet.com 21burcsu https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6/wish/229150485 Christianity was appealing to people because the Christian God was less intimidating than the Roman Gods, and Christianity was less threatening than Roman gods, because every people; regardless of who they are; is loved by Jesus]]> 2018-02-07 15:42:21 UTC https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6/wish/229150485 21mukherjee2 https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6/wish/229152003 "The Christian community says in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither male nor female, neither slave nor free. Here is a community that makes you an equal with all other members of that community. It gives even the lowliest slave personal dignity and status." There wasn't much health care in Rome, and doctors were expensive. "Increasingly in the Christian churches, in the time up to Constantine, there is some kind of health service, we have a clear establishment of social service - everything from soup kitchens to money for the poor if they need it....Christianity really established a realm of mutual social support for the members that joined the church." "his religion is saying that every person, man, woman, child, slave, barbarian, no matter who, is made in the image of God and is therefore of enormous value in the eyes of God.... That's an extraordinary message. And it would have been enormous news to many people who never saw their lives having value. I think that is a powerful appeal of this religion.... The Christian movement seemed to convey a sense of human worth in two ways. Both by the story of Jesus and his simplicity and his humility in terms of social status, in terms of achievement, in terms of recognition during "This lifetime. And also in the story of creation; it conveys royal status on every person." "Belonging is one of the key issues, and what I think the Christians offer probably as well or better than anybody else in the Roman world is a sense of belonging. To be part of the Christian community... to be part of the church, is to belong to a society of closely knit friends, brothers and sisters and Christ, and it may be something as simple as that that spells the [basis] of the success of Christianity in the Roman world."

]]> 2018-02-07 15:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6/wish/229152003 21vanderrhodes https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6/wish/229152223 Rome is a very strict hierarchical system, in which the emperor is at the top, all the way up and then all the blessings in the world that come to people come down from above. If you're at the bottom of that social pyramid, very few things are coming down to you. Slavery slowly diminished, but continued to exist. The Christian community says in Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek, neither male nor female, neither slave nor free. Here is a community that makes you an equal with all other members of that community. It gives even the lowliest slave personal dignity and status. Moreover, the commandment of love is decisive. That is, the care for each other becomes very important. People are taken out of an isolation. If they are hungry, they know where to go. If they are sick, there is an elder who will lay on hands to them to heal them.

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He has a vision that makes him Christian]]> 2018-02-07 15:44:57 UTC https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6/wish/229152223 21vanderrhodes https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6/wish/229153202 There were may poor people in Rome, and there were hardly any health services. Doctors were expensive. "Increasingly in the Christian churches, in the time up to Constantine, there is some kind of health service, we have a clear establishment of social service - everything from soup kitchens to money for the poor if they need it".]]> 2018-02-07 15:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/21vanderrhodes/dqik8byix3e6/wish/229153202